beauty

/ˈbuːti//ˈbjuɾi/

noun

  1. 1

    The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

    1988, "… beauty and recollection, like danger, glamour, greed, hunger- everything but disappointment and desire- were concepts belonging to other people.” -Second Son, Robert Ferro
  2. 2

    Someone who is beautiful.

    Brigitte Bardot was a renowned beauty.
  3. 3

    Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

    What a goal! That was a real beauty!
  4. 4

    An excellent or egregious example of something.

  5. 5

    (with the definite article) The excellence or genius of a scheme or decision.

    The beauty of the deal is it costs nothing!
  6. 6

    A beauty quark (now called bottom quark).

  7. 7

    Beauty treatment; cosmetology.

  8. 8

    Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion.

  9. 9

    (in the plural) Beautiful passages or extracts of poetry.

verb

  1. 1

    To make beautiful.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of high quality, well done.

    He made a beauty pass through the neutral zone.

interjection

  1. 1

    Thanks!

  2. 2

    Cool!

    It's the long weekend. Beauty!

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